'''Basic Trope''': Everyone kicks ass in some ways* '''Straight''' Everyone has an awesome moment* '''Exaggerated''' ** Everybody, even the cafeteria worker at any given High School,is qualified to be a MemeticBadass. The usual routines involve fending off {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that reside outside the planet, outwitting the resident TricksterGod, and that is before getting through the front door of their job. Needless to say, every day is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.** Even [[GooGooGodlike the babies & toddlers]] and [[NeverMessWithGranny eld]][[BadassGrandpa erly]] are badass.* '''Downplayed''': Everyone gets a MundaneMadeAwesome moment.* '''Justified''': ** The world has SocialDarwinist standards and has tough living conditions, which [[HadToBeSharp forces]] people to be an ActionSurvivor at least. This is the method a large majority of societies in order to breed powerful human beings for their success.** Badassery is a method of survival in a [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou dangerous]] CrapsackWorld.** EveryoneIsASuper** The story takes place at an occupation where badassery is a requirement.* '''Inverted''': Everyone in a universe is a weakling, incapable of a good fight or a clever gambit.* '''Subverted''':** Everyone have an awesome moment, except for a pansy Bob.** The setting of the story is built up to be a World of Badass... and then the cast is revealed to be one full of harmless talking rabbits.* '''Double Subverted''':** Until he got CharacterDevelopment and TookALevelInBadass himself.** Or you just [[FridgeLogic stop and think]] about how incredibly badass Bob needs to be to simply survive.** The rabbits make no delay in revealing their true awesomeness, making it a World of BadassAdorable.* '''Parodied''': Everyone has a moment they believed are awesome, though it is definitely not.* '''Zig Zagged''': ???* '''Averted''': Some characters are {{badass}}, some aren't.* '''Enforced''': The writer or executive wants the show to have a lot of cool fight scenes to draw in new viewers.* '''Lampshaded''': "You, my friend, are a WorthyOpponent just like everyone else I know. You're nothing special."* '''Invoked''': The world has adopted SocialDarwinist standards just so they can live such a world and will be safe if there any alien invaders.* '''Exploited''': Alex Cunningham the lone-wolf wants to hire someone to guard his stuff while he's gone and wants someone tough & trustworthy. [[GenreSavvy Aware of this trope]], he chooses random people off the street & makes sure that he can trust them before telling them to guard his stuff.* '''Defied''': ???* '''Discussed''': "Why does everyone have to so {{badass}}? I mean god could have, at least, made one of my enemies into a wimp. Good thing I'm not one though."* '''Conversed''': "Why would they make everyone start out as a badass? If you think about it, it'd more impressive for a wimpy character to learn to accomplish such feats and [[TookALevelInBadass become badass over the course of the story]]."* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is afraid he will be [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass out-shined by a lot of people]]...* '''Reconstructed''': ...so he studies super-science and becomes the most colossal AwesomeByAnalysis OmnidisciplinaryScientist BadassBookworm [[foldercontrol]]